Multiple meanings and disputes about the Llullaillaco children. Yuyay Yaku Wawakuna (Salta, Argentina)
In 1999, an expedition funded by National Geographic found the frozen bodies of three children at an altitude of 6,700 m at the Llullaillaco volcano in the province of Salta. They have been in the Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña for more than 20 years, being exhibited alternately one at a time....
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/10362 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=10362_oai |
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| Sumario: | In 1999, an expedition funded by National Geographic found the frozen bodies of three children at an altitude of 6,700 m at the Llullaillaco volcano in the province of Salta. They have been in the Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña for more than 20 years, being exhibited alternately one at a time. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the disputes surrounding human remains kept in museums, becoming the target of scientific research or exhibition, taking the case of the Llullaillaco-Yuyay Yaku Wawakuna children as a departure point. The conflicts and interests surrounding the treatment of human remains lead us to rethink the place of archaeology in the current context of the relationship between the nation-state and indigenous peoples in Argentina. To this end, the concepts of communalization processes and the particularities of the nation-state concerning indigenous groups, as well as the framework of state regulations through laws, are recovered. This first approach allowed us to understand that restitution claims are part of the daily struggles of indigenous communities in the dispute for their autonomy vis-à-vis the Nation-State. |
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